by umcjnews | May 29, 2025 | Press
June 1, 2025 As United Methodists prepare for another annual conference season, members of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement met recently with staff from the General Board of Church and Society to explore ways to work together to bring to fruition a new...
by umcjnews | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog
By Bob Downs In our 2024 General Conference, The United Methodist Church adopted two resolutions calling for the church to achieve net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. The first resolution, Recognizing United Methodist Support for Global Green New Deal...
by umcjnews | May 7, 2024 | Blog
The Revised Social Principles passed at the 2024 General Conference. Mark Davies chaired and Sharon Delgado served on the initial team that was convened by the General Board of Church and Society to draft the section of the Revised Social Principles that focuses on...
by umcjnews | May 6, 2024 | News
by Rev Richenda Fairhurst For creation justice advocates, the work of decades found an exhilarating moment this week when, in literal moments on Tuesday morning, the General Conference delegates approved consent calendars A04 and B04, and Bishop Plambeck called for a...
by umcjnews | May 2, 2024 | Blog
Rev. Stacey Harwell-Dye, pastor of Mercy and Justice Ministries at West End UMC in Nashville, supported the green team’s efforts to bring recycling to the church’s practices. The congregation participated in a Blessing of the Bins, highlighting Creation care as an act...